Trump: Schiff Is the Biggest Leaker in Washington

‘He’s a corrupt politician’

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REPORTER: "Mr. President, are you fearful --"
REPORTER: "Mr. President, why did you have such an aggressive response to John Kelly’s comments over the weekend?"
TRUMP: "Oh, I don’t think it’s aggressive at all. I would be surprised if he made those comments in a negative way, but I don’t think the response would be if he actually said that, if he actually meant that, I said what I would do and that, I mean."
REPORTER: "Mr. President, are you concerned that Nancy Pelosi and others can’t be trusted with this kind of information?"
TRUMP: "Well, I guess the only thing is they were talking about why didn’t I give the information to Adam Schiff and his committee? And the answer is because I think Adam Schiff is the biggest leaker in Washington. You know that, I know that, we all know that. I’ve watched Adam Schiff leak. He’s a corrupt politician. He’s a leaker like nobody’s ever seen before. We had a very good conversation with the Ukrainian president. The conversation was -- was perfect. They don’t ever talk about the conversation. It started with a whistleblower. Now they don’t want the whistleblower. Then they had a second whistleblower. Now they don’t want the second whistleblower. The reason is that when the whistleblower -- when they saw what the whistleblower wrote and then when I released the conversation, which showed no relationship to what the whistleblower saw, they said their case was out the window. And I think it’s a disgrace. And frankly, I told Republicans who are really being taken advantage of, they’re really being maligned and I think it’s -- it's a horrible thing. They’re really looking to hurt the Republican Party. And it’s turning out to be just the opposite. So, one thing I said, I’d rather go into the details of the case rather than process. Process is wonderful. We already have 50 Republican senators. I never called one of them to sign up. Fifty out of fifty-three. Fifty. And perhaps the other ones will do it to. But process is good, but I think you ought to look at the case. And the case is very simple. It's quick. It's so quick. I had a great conversation with the Ukrainian president. I had another conversation with him, also, I think before that which was the same thing. It was nothing. They tried to take that conversation and make it into a big scandal. The problem was we had it transcribed. There was an exact transcription of the conversation.”

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